Colleen Hanabusa

Colleen Wakako Hanabusa (4 May 1951-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-HI 1) from 3 January 2011 to 3 January 2015, succeeding Charles Djou and preceding Mark Takai, and from 14 November 2016, succeeding Takai.

Biography
Colleen Wakako Hanabusa was born in Waianae, Hawaii in 1951, and she worked as a labor lawyer for over 30 years, as well as a corporate officer in a family-run corporation. From 1999 to 2010, she served in the State Senate, and she was then elected to the US House of Representatives from 2011. She was a member of the centrist New Democrats.